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Steve Gordon, Executive Director

Steve is a massage therapist who balances his work between The Hand to Heart Project and his private massage therapy practice in Hanover and Cornish, NH. He is also the co-author, with Dartmouth College professor Irene Kacandes, of the book, Let’s Talk About Death: Asking the Questions that Profoundly Change the Way We Live and Die

Spring Dance and Silent Auction

Spring Dance and Silent Auction 2019

March 15, 2019 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

The annual Spring Dance and Silent Auction to benefit The Hand to Heart Project is Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Plainfield, NH Town Hall from 7:30 – 11pm.

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Category: EventsTag: fundraising

Touch at the End of Life

Touch at the End of Life

July 25, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

Some years ago, I was trying to explain to my grandmother what I do for work. She knew that I was a massage therapist, but knew little about The Hand to Heart Project. So I told her about providing massage and the comfort of touch to people who are sick, in many cases people who …

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Category: StoriesTag: caregivers, death, dying

The subject of the blog post, "Poetry, and the Tree of Life" - Jenny Morris, 1983-2017

Poetry, and the Tree of Life

June 13, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

Some years ago, I recited a poem/blessing called “Beannacht” to a client who was going through an especially difficult part of her cancer experience. It was written by the late Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue, and it is, in part, a gently powerful summation of how the physical, emotional and spiritual pain of life’s …

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Category: StoriesTag: death

A Match from the Byrne Foundation

A Match from the Byrne Foundation

May 29, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

There can’t be a source of philanthropy that has done more for more people and organizations in our region than the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation.This year, the Byrne Foundation not only provided the same level of support it’s been providing for years, it also offered an additional $10,000 if we could match it.

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Category: NewsTag: fundraising

Dogs I meet while traveling to do massage for Hand to Heart Clients.

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

May 2, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

I’ve always been a dog person, so it was a pleasant surprise after Hand to Heart was launched in 2007 that one of my favorite parts of doing in-home massage with our clients was getting to meet their dogs.

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Category: StoriesTag: home visits

Soul of a Caregiver - Suzanne the caregiver of Renee.

Soul of a Caregiver

April 17, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

When you work closely with people who are very ill, often people nearing the end of life, you will sometimes see the human spirit at its most amazing.

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Category: StoriesTag: caregivers, death, die at home

The 2018 Spring Fundraiser committee

2018 Spring Fundraiser Follow Up

April 10, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

The 2018 Spring Fundraiser for the Hand to Heart Project – a Dance & Silent Auction is in the books, and once again it was a tremendous success.

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Category: EventsTag: fundraising

Steve Gordon

Welcome

March 25, 2018 //  by Steve Gordon, Executive Director

If you’re reading this, then you have found your way to the new website for The Hand to Heart Project. Thanks for coming.

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